Relationships Among Student-body Composition, School Process, and Mathematics Achievement in Argentina’s High Schools
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Scholastic achievement, high school education, institutional factors, school climate, scholastic culture.Abstract
This is a study of the relationships between the student-body composition of the school, some characteristics of the scholastic process—culture and school climate—according to learners’ perceptions, and the mathematics achievement of students in the last year of high school in Argentina. The data used came from the 1998 National Census of High School Completion, carried out by the nation’s Ministry of Culture and Education. The file contains data for 135,000 students of 2,708 schools in 25 states. Multilevel linear modeling with three levels (student, school and state) was applied. A strong relationship was detected between mathematics achievement and the variables student-body composition and school process. When both variables acted together, the effect of other variables experienced a pronounced descent. Although reduced, the variables of the process influenced the student’s achievement. There was identified for future works a reference model which would evaluate other institutional learning factors.Downloads
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Dunn, R. y Harris, L. (1998). Organizational dimensions of climate and the impact on school achievement. Journal of Instructional Psychology, 25 (2), 100-114.
Fraser, B. (1989). Twenty years of classroom climate work: Progress and prospect. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 21 (4), 307-327.
Gamoran, A. (1987). The stratification of high school learning opportunities. Sociology of Education, 60 (3), 135-155.
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Gibson, A. y Asthana, S. (1998). School performance, school effectiveness and the 1997 White Paper. Oxford Review of Education, 24 (2), 195-210.
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Hallinan, M. (1988). School composition and learning: A critique of the Dreeben-Barr model. Sociology of Education, 61 (3) pp.143-146.
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Opdenakker, M. y Van Damme, J. (2001). Relationship between school composition and characteristics of school process and their effect on mathematics achievement. British Educational Research Journal, 27 (4), 407-432.
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Purkey, S. C. y Smith, M. (1983). Effective schools: a review. Elementary School Journal, 83 (4), 427-52.
Raudenbush S. y Bryk, A. (1986). A hierarchical model for studying school effects. Sociology of Education, 59 (1),1-17.
Resh, N. y Dar, Y. (1992). Learning segregation in junior high-school in Israel: causes and consequences. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 3 (3), 272-292.
Reynolds, D., Creemers, B., Nesselrodt, P., Schaffer E., Stringfield, S. y Teddlie, C. (1994). Advances in school effectiveness research and practice. Oxford: Pergamon.
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Scheerens, J. y Bosker, R. (1997). The foundation of educational effectiveness. Oxford: Pergamon.
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Teddlie, C. y Reynolds, D. (2001). Countering the critics: Responses to recent criticism of school effectiveness research. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 12 (1), 41-82.
Thrupp, M. (2001a). Recent school effectiveness counter-critiques: problems and possibilities. British Educational Research Journal, 27 (4), 443-457.
Thrupp, M. (2001b). Sociological and political concerns about school effectiveness research: Time for a new research agenda. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 12 (1), 7-40.
Yasumoto, J., Uekawa, K. y Bidwell, C. (2001). The collegial focus and high school students’ achievement. Sociology of Education, 74 (3), 181-209.
Waxman, H. C. y Ellett, C. D. (Eds.). (1992). The study of learning environments. Houston, TX: University of Houston.
Weick, K. (1976). Educational organizations as loosely coupled systems. Administrative Science Quarterly, 21 (1), 1-19.
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